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The Right Track at Yearly Kos
Left Behind By the RightAug 3 2007 - 9:15am - Aug 3 2007 - 10:15am
This panel will explore why some prominent activists on the left were originally political conservatives. What made them conservatives in the first place? How did they become disillusioned with the modern right? Why did they decide to be active opponents of their former ideological breathren? The panelists, all prominent progressives who used to be conservatives, will discuss these issues.
Faith or No: Building Secular-Religious Coalitions(Pastordan has the scoop on that session here.)Aug 3 2007 - 9:15am - Aug 3 2007 - 10:15am
How can religious and secular progressive bloggers work and play together productively? Find out through examinations of the current religious and political climate, practical tips on working across the divide, and a how-to guide on starting flamewars.
Is the Religious Right Really Dead?Aug 3 2007 - 1:00pm - Aug 3 2007 - 2:15pm
Every election cycle--and in between--pundits have declared that the religious right is dead. This roundtable will discuss the current status of the religious right, its power and points of leverage, its strengths and its weaknesses. Looking historically and into the future, what can we expect to be the future of the religious right?
Presenters will include: Chip Berlet, Talk to Action contributor, and Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates; Frederick Clarkson, co-founder, Talk to Action; Susan Thistlethwaite, President, Chicago Theological Seminary.
ScienceAug 3 2007 - 2:30pm - Aug 3 2007 - 3:45pm
The Yearlykos 2007 Science Panel will explore pure science, science policy and the intersection between science and politics, and the role of scientific activism in local and national politics. Featured speakers are Chris Mooney, Washington correspondent for Seed magazine, author of the Republican War on Science and his newest book, Storm World, science blogger and co-founder of Michigan Citizens for Science Ed Brayton, and Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll from Caltech. The panel is scheduled for Friday, August 3rd, from 2:30 PM CDT to 3:45 PM.
Ed Brayton, who is also a Talk to Action contributor says:
My presentation will be on the efforts by the religious right to take over school boards in the last 20 years and the effect this has had on science education.
What to do about the Religious RightAug 3 2007 - 2:30pm - Aug 3 2007 - 3:45pm
Let's get over it. The religious right will be around for a long, long time. Why is this, and how shall we get our minds around this stubborn political fact? What to do about the Religious Right? The Religious Right is one of the most successful political and religious movements in American history. What should we be doing differently in response?
Presenters are the same cast as above: Chip Berlet, Susan Thistlethwaite, and me. (Chip has posted a sneak-preview of what he plans to talk about here.)
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Left Behind: Eternal Forces: Installments of Jonathan Hutson's Talk To Action expose series 
on the "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" video game have been viewed by up to 1/2 million people. See our site section featuring Over 35 original articles covering the controversial "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" video game that has provoked a boycott by a coalition of religious groups and a letter writing campaign urging Walmart to stop selling the game. Media inquiries click here
(image: detail from Francoise Dubois' rendition of the Bartholomew's Day Massacre reveals the actual nature of religious warfare)
on the "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" video game have been viewed by up to 1/2 million people. See our site section featuring Over 35 original articles covering the controversial "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" video game that has provoked a boycott by a coalition of religious groups and a letter writing campaign urging Walmart to stop selling the game. Media inquiries click here(image: detail from Francoise Dubois' rendition of the Bartholomew's Day Massacre reveals the actual nature of religious warfare)
Is Rick Warren Really So Great on HIV/AIDS?
Part of the legend of Rick Warren is his supposed broader agenda -- his professed concerns beyond opposing homosexuality and abortion, to such things......
By Frederick Clarkson (1 comment)
Part of the legend of Rick Warren is his supposed broader agenda -- his professed concerns beyond opposing homosexuality and abortion, to such things......
By Frederick Clarkson (1 comment)
The Legacy of Dan Smoot
Born into poverty, Dan Smoot pulled himself up by his own boot straps to become an Ivy League PHD and go to work for......
By wilkyjr (0 comments)
Born into poverty, Dan Smoot pulled himself up by his own boot straps to become an Ivy League PHD and go to work for......
By wilkyjr (0 comments)
Power Play: Religious Right Flexes Muscle In Race For GOP Leader
So, the Religious Right is dead, right? Its time has finally passed, and the movement has no more strength. It's yesterday's news, a historical......
By Rob Boston (3 comments)
So, the Religious Right is dead, right? Its time has finally passed, and the movement has no more strength. It's yesterday's news, a historical......
By Rob Boston (3 comments)
The Dubious Conversion of George W. Bush
I have pair of articles over at Religion Dispatches today that report some of the revelations from a new book by investigative journalist Russ......
By Frederick Clarkson (4 comments)
I have pair of articles over at Religion Dispatches today that report some of the revelations from a new book by investigative journalist Russ......
By Frederick Clarkson (4 comments)
Religious Right Turns a Blind Eye to a Real "Life Issue"
With the imminent inauguration of Barack Obama, the issue of embryonic cell research is again coming to the fore. The Religious Right, looking for......
By Frank Cocozzelli (12 comments)
With the imminent inauguration of Barack Obama, the issue of embryonic cell research is again coming to the fore. The Religious Right, looking for......
By Frank Cocozzelli (12 comments)
MRFF Amends Lawsuit Against Defense Department
On December 29, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) filed an amended complaint in the case of its co-plaintiff, decorated combat medic Army SPC......
By Chris Rodda (4 comments)
On December 29, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) filed an amended complaint in the case of its co-plaintiff, decorated combat medic Army SPC......
By Chris Rodda (4 comments)
Short Takes -- Another Rick Warren Edition
La Figa: Rick Warren's strategy for overcoming evolutionary science is revealed. Religion Dispatches: Michelle Goldberg writes how, (among other things) Rick Warren epitomizes the......
By Frederick Clarkson (1 comment)
La Figa: Rick Warren's strategy for overcoming evolutionary science is revealed. Religion Dispatches: Michelle Goldberg writes how, (among other things) Rick Warren epitomizes the......
By Frederick Clarkson (1 comment)
In 2006 I Asked on This Site: Is Rick Warren Really a Moderate?
I originally posed the question in this post in February of 2006. It was certainly not the first time we had discussed Rick Warren......
By Frederick Clarkson (6 comments)
I originally posed the question in this post in February of 2006. It was certainly not the first time we had discussed Rick Warren......
By Frederick Clarkson (6 comments)
A Deficient Definition of Liberty (The Catholic Right, a Series)
Below is a repost of one of my favorite pieces from 2007. I'll be back this weekend with a new post. The neo-orthodox Catholic......
By Frank Cocozzelli (1 comment)
Below is a repost of one of my favorite pieces from 2007. I'll be back this weekend with a new post. The neo-orthodox Catholic......
By Frank Cocozzelli (1 comment)
C. Peter Wagner Fights The "Religious Spirit"
"We're in the Second Apostolic Age," declares C. Peter Wagner, "and the government of the church must be in place with apostles and prophets."......
By Bruce Wilson (4 comments)
"We're in the Second Apostolic Age," declares C. Peter Wagner, "and the government of the church must be in place with apostles and prophets."......
By Bruce Wilson (4 comments)
Salvation Army Moves Towards New Apostolic Reformation Theology
With an operating budget, in 2004, of 2.6 billion dollars, the Salvation Army is one of the largest providers of social services in the......
By Bruce Wilson (6 comments)
With an operating budget, in 2004, of 2.6 billion dollars, the Salvation Army is one of the largest providers of social services in the......
By Bruce Wilson (6 comments)
The Shorter and Longer Clarkson
I have a long article in the current issue of The Public Eye: The Culture Wars Are Still Not Over The Religious Right in......
By Frederick Clarkson (2 comments)
I have a long article in the current issue of The Public Eye: The Culture Wars Are Still Not Over The Religious Right in......
By Frederick Clarkson (2 comments)
Warren-Endorsed Nigerian Archbishop Backed Anti-Gay Laws Worse Than Third Reich's
As seems to be happening with increasing frequency, a story I'd previously posted at Talk To Action, almost exactly two years ago in this......
By Bruce Wilson (2 comments)
As seems to be happening with increasing frequency, a story I'd previously posted at Talk To Action, almost exactly two years ago in this......
By Bruce Wilson (2 comments)
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By Max Blumenthal (3 comments)
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By Max Blumenthal (3 comments)
Invocation Irritation: Controversy Over Rick Warren Won't Go Away
The controversy over Barack Obama's decision to ask Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration refuses to die down. Discontent over......
By Rob Boston (3 comments)
The controversy over Barack Obama's decision to ask Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration refuses to die down. Discontent over......
By Rob Boston (3 comments)
Rick Warren's Connections To The New Apostolic Reformation
Nearly two and a half years to the day, I wrote an early article detailing Rick Warren's connections with Paul Yonggi Cho nee David Yonggi Cho--a figure who is practically at Ground Zero regarding......
By dogemperor (10 comments)
Nearly two and a half years to the day, I wrote an early article detailing Rick Warren's connections with Paul Yonggi Cho nee David Yonggi Cho--a figure who is practically at Ground Zero regarding......
By dogemperor (10 comments)
Foreclosures and churches
"Foreclosures Don't Spare the House of God" This is the headline for a news story found though our local paper on December 27, 2008 ( http://www.theledger.com/article/20081227/ZNYT01/812273003 ). After reading and thinking about the article,......
By ArchaeoBob (2 comments)
"Foreclosures Don't Spare the House of God" This is the headline for a news story found though our local paper on December 27, 2008 ( http://www.theledger.com/article/20081227/ZNYT01/812273003 ). After reading and thinking about the article,......
By ArchaeoBob (2 comments)
Is the Religious Right on the Decline?
Although I am a Christian, most people know I am against the agenda of the Religious Right. It stands diametrically opposed to Jesus' teachings on love, compassion, forgiveness, social justice, non-judgmentalism, and nonviolence. ......
By TexasCowboy (4 comments)
Although I am a Christian, most people know I am against the agenda of the Religious Right. It stands diametrically opposed to Jesus' teachings on love, compassion, forgiveness, social justice, non-judgmentalism, and nonviolence. ......
By TexasCowboy (4 comments)
Another vote against Warren
Steven Waldman at The Huffington Post thinks Obama's decision to invite religious right megachurch pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is a wise choice. While recognizing that Warren is a......
By John McKay (1 comment)
Steven Waldman at The Huffington Post thinks Obama's decision to invite religious right megachurch pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is a wise choice. While recognizing that Warren is a......
By John McKay (1 comment)
Family Research Has Gall
Today, (December 8, 2008) because I am on their mailing list I received a year end fund raising letter from the Family Research Council (FRC). ......
By JerrySloan (1 comment)
Today, (December 8, 2008) because I am on their mailing list I received a year end fund raising letter from the Family Research Council (FRC). ......
By JerrySloan (1 comment)
What's next for the Religious Right? Back to the Future.
After the collapse of the Moral Majority in the late `80's and the during the rise of the Christian Coalition, another movement, (or better description) of hysteria was sweeping over the country. It became......
By Stacey Tallitsch (3 comments)
After the collapse of the Moral Majority in the late `80's and the during the rise of the Christian Coalition, another movement, (or better description) of hysteria was sweeping over the country. It became......
By Stacey Tallitsch (3 comments)
After the election
Some observations I've made, now that the election has been over for several days (admittedly based only a few samples- but I think that they are telling): Unlike when Bush won (when conservatives were......
By ArchaeoBob (1 comment)
Some observations I've made, now that the election has been over for several days (admittedly based only a few samples- but I think that they are telling): Unlike when Bush won (when conservatives were......
By ArchaeoBob (1 comment)
Shorter Dobson - Post-Election Special
James Dobson devoted two half-hour radio shows to his post-Obama victory thoughts along with a cadre of six other religious conservatives. Here is a brief summary of their discussion... ......
By tacitus (5 comments)
James Dobson devoted two half-hour radio shows to his post-Obama victory thoughts along with a cadre of six other religious conservatives. Here is a brief summary of their discussion... ......
By tacitus (5 comments)
Katherine Harris & Ken Malone, October 3, 2008
(what this story is really about): this post is an adjunct to a larger story, Katherine Harris, Sarah Palin Linked To Same Prayer Warfare Network which explores the fact that both Katherine Harris and......
By Bruce Wilson (1 comment)
(what this story is really about): this post is an adjunct to a larger story, Katherine Harris, Sarah Palin Linked To Same Prayer Warfare Network which explores the fact that both Katherine Harris and......
By Bruce Wilson (1 comment)
Ignorance and Arrogance
Ignorance results primarily from two sources: poverty and privilege. Either denied an education or entitled to power, this isolation that enables ignorance breeds arrogance, and our society suffers from both.In an interview on American......
By Jay Taber (3 comments)
Ignorance results primarily from two sources: poverty and privilege. Either denied an education or entitled to power, this isolation that enables ignorance breeds arrogance, and our society suffers from both.In an interview on American......
By Jay Taber (3 comments)
Imagining a Witchcraft-Fighting Vice President
Other recent Talk To Action stories on this subject Katherine Harris, Sarah Palin Linked To Same Prayer Warfare Network Palin's Movement Urges 'Godly' To 'Plunder' Wealth of 'Godless' Palin's Spiritual Warfare Network Partners With......
By Bruce Wilson (1 comment)
Other recent Talk To Action stories on this subject Katherine Harris, Sarah Palin Linked To Same Prayer Warfare Network Palin's Movement Urges 'Godly' To 'Plunder' Wealth of 'Godless' Palin's Spiritual Warfare Network Partners With......
By Bruce Wilson (1 comment)
Spiritual Mapping and Spiritual Warfare - Muthee and the "Transformations" Franchise / 1
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave Series By The New Apostolic Reformation Research Team Introduction A video starring Thomas Muthee as a prayer warrior and witch hunter was released in 1999. "Transformations" was the......
By Ruth (0 comments)
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave Series By The New Apostolic Reformation Research Team Introduction A video starring Thomas Muthee as a prayer warrior and witch hunter was released in 1999. "Transformations" was the......
By Ruth (0 comments)
Spiritual Mapping and Spiritual Warfare - Muthee and the "Transformations" Franchise / 2
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave Series By The New Apostolic Reformation Research Team Part Two (continued)part one part three A video starring Thomas Muthee as a prayer warrior and witch hunter was released in 1999.......
By Ruth (1 comment)
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave Series By The New Apostolic Reformation Research Team Part Two (continued)part one part three A video starring Thomas Muthee as a prayer warrior and witch hunter was released in 1999.......
By Ruth (1 comment)
Spiritual Mapping and Spiritual Warfare - Muthee and the "Transformations" Franchise / 3
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave Series By The New Apostolic Reformation Research Team Part Three (continued)part one part two There are Transformations networks connected to Sentinel Group and "prayer warriors" under the authority of Wagner's......
By Ruth (0 comments)
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave Series By The New Apostolic Reformation Research Team Part Three (continued)part one part two There are Transformations networks connected to Sentinel Group and "prayer warriors" under the authority of Wagner's......
By Ruth (0 comments)
Rev Andrew Weaver: A Fighter for Justice to the End
In the world of the intertubes the word "friend" has taken on a whole new meaning. A friend can be someone you've never met, never even talked to except through the medium of the......
By mick arran (0 comments)
In the world of the intertubes the word "friend" has taken on a whole new meaning. A friend can be someone you've never met, never even talked to except through the medium of the......
By mick arran (0 comments)
Setting Priorities
Two of the people with the most on-the-ground experience in dealing with white christian nationalists in the United States -- Devin Burghart and Eric Ward (both currently with Center for New Community's Building Democracy......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Two of the people with the most on-the-ground experience in dealing with white christian nationalists in the United States -- Devin Burghart and Eric Ward (both currently with Center for New Community's Building Democracy......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Christianity was Hijacked
Kevin Annett's documentary film Unrepentant tells the story of the Canadian holocaust. For those unfamiliar with the systematic mass murder of indigenous people in Canada by the United Church of Canada and the Canadian......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Kevin Annett's documentary film Unrepentant tells the story of the Canadian holocaust. For those unfamiliar with the systematic mass murder of indigenous people in Canada by the United Church of Canada and the Canadian......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
IMAGINE: Media as a Sanctuary for Dissent
"The media should be a sanctuary for dissent. It is our job to go to where the silence is."-Amy Goodman ......
By eileen fleming (0 comments)
"The media should be a sanctuary for dissent. It is our job to go to where the silence is."-Amy Goodman ......
By eileen fleming (0 comments)
Berlet, Clarkson and Maley on the Radio
The syndicated radio program Writer's Voice , which originates at WMUA, the radio station at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, recently featured Dispatches contributors Chip Berlet, Leo Maley, and me in an hour......
By Frederick Clarkson (0 comments)
The syndicated radio program Writer's Voice , which originates at WMUA, the radio station at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, recently featured Dispatches contributors Chip Berlet, Leo Maley, and me in an hour......
By Frederick Clarkson (0 comments)
Reconquering a Continent
When it comes to threatening behavior, mainstream media's cover-up of Governor Palin's violent friends is a much bigger story than her abuse of power. Of particular interest to Native Americans -- according to Dr.......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
When it comes to threatening behavior, mainstream media's cover-up of Governor Palin's violent friends is a much bigger story than her abuse of power. Of particular interest to Native Americans -- according to Dr.......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Power of Moral Sanction
With the question of how to effectively oppose the rise of fascism in the United States now in vogue, I thought it apropos to revisit this essay from 2002, The Power of Moral Sanction.......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
With the question of how to effectively oppose the rise of fascism in the United States now in vogue, I thought it apropos to revisit this essay from 2002, The Power of Moral Sanction.......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Where's the Action?
It would seem the objective of action is at hand. Organizing for that step can take multiple forms, but one that is essential to any political success is generating a list of supporters and......
By Jay Taber (5 comments)
It would seem the objective of action is at hand. Organizing for that step can take multiple forms, but one that is essential to any political success is generating a list of supporters and......
By Jay Taber (5 comments)
Dispatches from the Religious Left -- on Grit TV
Following the dramatic launch event for Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America, held at Middle Collegiate Church in NYC, Laura Flanders invited several of us to appear......
By Frederick Clarkson (1 comment)
Following the dramatic launch event for Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America, held at Middle Collegiate Church in NYC, Laura Flanders invited several of us to appear......
By Frederick Clarkson (1 comment)
Remembering Iran-Contra
For those too young to have watched the live TV coverage of the Iran-Contra scandal, the notion of murderous felonies being coordinated out of the White House basement might seem fanciful. With the new......
By Jay Taber (1 comment)
For those too young to have watched the live TV coverage of the Iran-Contra scandal, the notion of murderous felonies being coordinated out of the White House basement might seem fanciful. With the new......
By Jay Taber (1 comment)
The Problem With Militias
Sarah Palin supports the militia movement? Public Good Project's Paul de Armond explains why that's a problem. ......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Sarah Palin supports the militia movement? Public Good Project's Paul de Armond explains why that's a problem. ......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
Assemblies of God, Palin, and me
I spent eight years of my life as a Pentecostal in the Assembly of God. It's as odd and alien a sect to most people as Mitt Romney's Mormonism. ......
By whaleman42 (2 comments)
I spent eight years of my life as a Pentecostal in the Assembly of God. It's as odd and alien a sect to most people as Mitt Romney's Mormonism. ......
By whaleman42 (2 comments)
Dispatches from the Religious Left -- Now Available!
At least it is now "in stock" over at Amazon.com. It should also be widely available in independent bookstores and chain stores as well. I will not clutter this site with too much news......
By Frederick Clarkson (0 comments)
At least it is now "in stock" over at Amazon.com. It should also be widely available in independent bookstores and chain stores as well. I will not clutter this site with too much news......
By Frederick Clarkson (0 comments)
Transcript for Mary Glazier Video
Transcript of Audio "Opening the Gate of Heaven on Earth: Receiving the New Prophetic Wind for Increase" Conference, June 12 - 14, Everett, Washington Description of Conference at: <a href="http://freshpublishing.com/global-harvest-ministries-c-192-p-1-pr-33372.html ">http://freshpublishing.com/global-harvest-ministries-c-192-p-1-pr-33372.html Mary Glazier Alaska......
By Ruth (0 comments)
Transcript of Audio "Opening the Gate of Heaven on Earth: Receiving the New Prophetic Wind for Increase" Conference, June 12 - 14, Everett, Washington Description of Conference at: <a href="http://freshpublishing.com/global-harvest-ministries-c-192-p-1-pr-33372.html ">http://freshpublishing.com/global-harvest-ministries-c-192-p-1-pr-33372.html Mary Glazier Alaska......
By Ruth (0 comments)
"Seven Mountains" and the "Joel's Army" plan for takeover
In yesterday's post, I went into some of the initial detail on a statement given by Thomas Muthee in the infamous sermon where he "annointed" Sarah Palin and also claimed to literally run a......
By dogemperor (0 comments)
In yesterday's post, I went into some of the initial detail on a statement given by Thomas Muthee in the infamous sermon where he "annointed" Sarah Palin and also claimed to literally run a......
By dogemperor (0 comments)
Christian Fascism
[also see: Brent Bozell's Newbusters Insults Christian Conservatives - editor] Sarah Palin's propulsion into politics was fueled by religious intolerance, organized through malicious harassment, and targeted at democracy. Her use of the power of......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
[also see: Brent Bozell's Newbusters Insults Christian Conservatives - editor] Sarah Palin's propulsion into politics was fueled by religious intolerance, organized through malicious harassment, and targeted at democracy. Her use of the power of......
By Jay Taber (0 comments)
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